Head of Platform Engineering

Fieldguide

Head of Platform Engineering leading infrastructure and product-platform teams at Fieldguide. Driving the AI platform development in audit and advisory firms.

Posted 7/14/2026full-timeSan Francisco • California • 🇺🇸 United StatesLead💰 $315,000 - $345,000 per yearWebsite

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Core Competencies

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Demonstrates expertise in leading platform and infrastructure teams, focusing on operational quality, reliability practices, and API integration. Capable of building and mentoring teams while collaborating with cross-functional partners to drive enterprise deployment and cost visibility.

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Platform LeadershipAPI IntegrationSRE PracticesTeam DevelopmentCloud Infrastructure

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Hard Skills

API ParityDistributed SystemsCloud ServicesOperational QualityIncident ReviewService Level Objectives (SLOs)Service Level Indicators (SLIs)Deployment OptionsSelf-Service PathsReliability Engineering

Soft Skills

Judgment on TradeoffsConcrete CommunicationCollaboration with GTM Teams

Industry Keywords

InfrastructureApplication PlatformAgentic EngineeringSite ReliabilityEnterprise DeploymentCost VisibilityProduction ReadinessOn-Call HealthToil ReductionAudit Firm Workflows

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

CloudDistributed Systems

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Lead the Platform org that spans infrastructure, application platform, agentic engineering, and site reliability
Own the deployable infrastructure surface, including SaaS regions in multiple geographies, a federal region, private deployments, and future multi-cloud regions
Build the operating model for pillar roadmaps, service ownership, production readiness, platform scorecards, and cross-pillar architecture decisions
Make API parity part of how Fieldguide ships customer-visible workflows, so Fieldguide can seamlessly integrate into audit firm workflows
Establish reliability practice across platform services, including owners, SLOs, dashboards, runbooks, incident review, and on-call health
Build Fieldguide's internal agentic engineering platform that powers how the Fieldguide EPD org does work
Partner with Product, Security/Compliance, Finance, Sales, and Customer Success on enterprise deployment options, catalog packaging, cost visibility, and customer commitments
Hire, coach, and develop TLs and managers who can own platform domains and pillars

Requirements

What you’ll need

Experience leading platform, infrastructure, or product-platform teams through a growth stage where multiple product teams depend on shared systems
Ability to reason across APIs, authorization, distributed systems, cloud infrastructure, reliability, developer experience, and AI runtime
Experience building teams with TLs or managers who own domains, roadmaps, and operational quality
Judgment on build-versus-buy tradeoffs for shared platforms, vendor dependencies, cloud services, and internal tools
Experience turning platform work into user-facing leverage, including API adoption, integration velocity, self-service paths, deployment options, reliability, and cost visibility
Comfort partnering with GTM teams on enterprise requirements
Familiarity with SRE practices, including SLIs, SLOs, incident review, production readiness, on-call health, and toil reduction
Ability to write and communicate in concrete terms: tradeoffs, dependencies, owners, exit criteria, and sequencing

Benefits

Comp & perks

Competitive compensation packages with meaningful ownership
Flexible PTO
401k
Wellness benefits, including a bundle of free therapy sessions
Technology & Work from Home reimbursement
Flexible work schedules